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  Ashish Pulikal, M.D. Congratulations to Ashish Pulikal, M.D., a cardiothoracic surgery resident at UNC, who won the Best Thoracic Poster award at the Eastern Cardiothoracic Surgical Society meeting in St. Pete Beach, FL, Oct. 19-22, 2016. The abstract was “Intralobar pulmonary sequestration in adults over 50. A case report and review.” Co-authors on the … Read more

Andrew DiMeo, PhD, a professor in the UNC/NC State biomedical engineering program. Drs. Haithcock, left, and Long, 2nd from let, talk to Richard Goldberg, Ph.D., at the “speed dating” event in summer 2015. The surgeons ended up working with Andrew DiMeo of the UNC/NC State biomedical engineering program. It all started with a “speed dating” … Read more

Thomas M. Egan, MD, MSc, made three presentations at the 59th Annual Thomas L. Petty Aspen Lung Conference in Aspen, CO, June 8-11, 2016. The Aspen conference is one of the most respected meetings for study of clinical problems affecting the lung. This year’s conference theme was Lung Transplantation: Opportunities for Repair and Regeneration. On … Read more

Thomas Egan, M.D., M.Sc. Dr. Brian Goldstein, Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer at UNC Hospitals, recently thanked staff, of UNC Hospitals for their work with “Three Good Things” about UNC Hospitals that have been mentioned by patients, students, residents and financial donors. In one of the items, Dr. Thomas Egan’s lung transplant research … Read more